Frank Cheng’s group at the University of Idaho has developed a unique allotrope of
carbon that consists of cross linked platelets of graphite. The material has superior
electrochemical properties, too. Another valuable aspect of Frank’s GUITAR is that
it forms conformal coatings. We have created conductive nanosprings by coating our
silica nanosprings with GUITAR. Below are a few SEM images of GUITAR Nanosprings.